Land Rover plans to showcase the 2010 Range Rover Sport Autobiography Limited Edition for the first time in North America today. First debuted in Frankfurt, the automaker plans to lift the NA curtain on the nearly $89,000 SUV during the Los Angeles Auto Show.
Only 250 NA-bound editions will be produced, with each being painted in Santorini Black. Some of the external mods include new bumpers, lower door panels, mesh grille, rear spoiler, and 20-inch diamond wheels. Interior changes include the Autobiography signage, dark wood trim, and two-tone leather seating.
Buyers will receive the supercharged 5.0-liter V8 engine generating 510 horsepower and up to 461 ft-lb of torque. On the Range Rover Sport, the supercharged unit powers the vehicle to 60 mph in 5.9 seconds. It is unclear if the Autobiography package affects that time.
The 2010 Range Rover Sport Autobiography Limited Edition should hit the market after its LA debut.
2010 Range Rover Sport Autobiography Limited Edition North American Debut
By Zack Newmark
December 2, 2009 5:00 pm
Filed Under: European, Land Rover, Los Angeles Auto Show, Special Editions
Press Release (Click to expand)
Land Rover, the world’s leading sport utility vehicle manufacturer, comes to Los Angeles with the North American debut of Range Rover Sport Autobiography Limited Edition. The limited-production vehicle will be on display with the full model line-up for press review December 2-3, and during the public show days December 4-13.
The award-winning Range Rover Sport line-up will feature a striking new Autobiography Package available in the 510-hp Supercharged edition offering added elegance and refinement for 2010. All seat surfaces are upholstered in new duo-tone leather, available in three color combinations. The front and rear headrests are embossed with a unique Autobiography Sport logo while the wood door inserts also bear this exclusive insignia. The Autobiography Package also includes the rear-seat entertainment system and HD radio offered in Range Rover Sport, as well as a distinctive Autobiography Sport badge on the tailgate. Electronic rear differential lock and adaptive cruise control are also part of the package
Only 250 Autobiographies will be produced this year in Santorini Black. The exterior features body-colored lower door panels, front and rear bumpers with titan accents and an extended rear roof spoiler. A Titan mesh grille and side vents also enhance the Autobiography Package. Special 20-inch, 10-spoke Diamond-Turned alloy wheels and a distinguishing exhaust extension complete the exterior.
Autobiography – A Beneficiary of a Better Basis
The foundation for the Autobiography model – the updated 2010 Range Rover Sport – puts even more emphasis on driving dynamics over prior model years. From the new suspension that monitors the suspension at up to 500 times per second and adjusts to suit individual driving style, to the new Dynamic setting on the Terrain Response ™ system in the Supercharged model which provides heightened responsiveness during enthusiastic on-road driving, the new Sport feels much more agile, more athletic. Greater driver involvement comes with new paddle shifters to select gears manually when desired, revised steering, and more powerful brakes.
The Range:
- HSE $60,495 5.0-liter V8 375 hp/375 lb-ft 6-sp auto
- Supercharged $74,195 5.0-liter V8 510 hp/461 lb-ft 6-sp auto
- Autobiography $88,545 5.0-liter V8 510 hp/461 lb-ft 6-sp auto
(Prices are MSRP and include $850 destination and delivery charge)
Highlights:
- Greater focus on enhanced driving dynamics, more athletic performance
- All-new direct-injection 5.0-liter V8 engines
- New 5.0-liter supercharged V8 delivers a remarkable 510 hp and 461 lb-ft of torque with 0-to-60 mph acceleration in just 5.9 seconds
- New 5.0-liter naturally-aspirated V8 with 375 hp and 375 lb-ft generating 0-to-60mph acceleration in 7.2 seconds – just 0.1 sec. slower that previous Supercharged model
- High-efficiency, sixth-generation Eaton™ twin-vortex supercharger (Supercharged and Autobiography models)
- Both engines conform to stringent ULEV2 emissions regulations
- Striking new exterior design with new LED headlights, new two-bar grille, revised bumpers and new LED rear light clusters
- Vastly improved ride and handling with new Adaptive Dynamics System featuring precise new DampTronic Valve Technology ™ damper units (shocks) that read suspension movements 500 times per second and adjust to suit the driver
- New Dynamic program within Terrain Response™ system to deliver more sporting and responsive on-road driving experience
- New paddle shifters for Sport Supercharged (and Autobiography)
- Dramatic leap forward in interior quality, with finer materials and finishes; 50 percent fewer buttons and switches on dashboard
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Edited by user on December 3, 2009 at 4:40 am
Edited by user on December 3, 2009 at 7:29 am
and why many car companys stole LED idiea from AUDI, like this RangeRov?????
Edited by user on December 3, 2009 at 7:38 am
Edited by user on December 3, 2009 at 9:55 am
Look at BMWs from the 90's. They all looked alike. Chris Bangle set out to differentiate them and he was successful.
Audi's signature grille has only been around for about 6 years.
"audi was the first auto company that copies every idea from others, e.g. A5, Q7, R8, TT, A1, A7 etc etc..." - what exactly did they copy? How is that copying ideas from other companies?
And guess what. Audi was founded 7 years before BMW even existed. OMG SO BMW IS COPYING EVERYTHING AUDI OMGOMGOMG.
Who am I kidding. It's useless trying to argue with an idiotic BMW fanboy like yourself. Hopefully you'll grow up one day.
and AUDI was the world's first car to have in production: LED, quattro, turbos, aluminium body, ceramic break discs even the wheel in left side did first AUDI, and there is more....
Daimler invented the modern day supercharger on a combustion engine and still holds the patent to today. Sorry @radmeister@ but thats nearly the same like turbos, just diferent name, we not count that....
there is only one question? what others did for car industie??? Audi even Start use disel first for for cars like Audi 80 and 100 when others use disel only for trucks and farmers machinery... in 2006 Audi made R10 went to LeMans and win stright away, when others like Merc and bMW onlu end of 2009 considering disel for M and AMG models, is thats funny
than all this means that in germany is only one leader at the moment an thats AUDI. Merc and bMW was in last centuary.
and @fattychrisbmw@ you better shut up you are out of date already, and guess what all bMW looks the same shxt, all Merc looks the same shxt, all volvo looks the same shxt, all peugeots looks the same shxt, thats why its call Audi or bMW or Merc, becouse they are brands and that idiot like you can see differents
Audi wasn't the first to use turbos in their production cars ("The first production turbocharged automobile engines came from General Motors in 1962")
Apparently Audi weren't the first to use Diesel engines in production cars ("Mercedes-Benz in conjunction with Robert Bosch GmbH produced diesel-powered passenger cars starting in 1936")
Turbochargers and superchargers are similar in principle but their not the same thing; superchargers have existed for longer than turbochargers for one and the supercharger's existence can be attributed to Gottlieb Daimler ("first functional supercharger attributed to German engineer Gottlieb Daimler, who received a German patent for supercharging an internal combustion engine in 1885") - ("The turbocharger was invented by Swiss engineer Alfred Büchi. His patent for a turbocharger was applied for use in 1905")
"1998: BMW makes history by winning the 24 Hour Nuerburgring race with the 320d"; a good 8 years before the Audi R10 won it's maiden race at the 2006 12 Hours of Sebring.
* quotes sourced from Wikipedia
Edited by user on December 4, 2009 at 7:52 pm
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